Naked mole-rat DNA repair ability could unlock human longevity

Scientists have identified a protein which repairs defective DNA strands by using undamaged ones as templates. The same protein in humans promotes cancers and shortens life expectancy. The mole rat has managed to evolve a version of the protein which does the opposite

Naked mole rat — can live for up to 37 years. Picture: Roland Gockel

To lie in the nude is not very rude, but to lie in the House is obscene — 'Profumo Scandal' limerick

A new term is being bandied about... ‘nudification’.